by Terry MooreA few weeks ago when I wrote about Volume 4 of Echo, I commented that the story had taken a swing in a different direction. Well, things are getting even stranger now that I've reached Volume 5.
Moore's story is still firmly grounded in strong character work, but the villainy of the people at HeNRI, the company that has been pursuing Julie, is getting stranger and stranger, as the scientist Hong Liu captures Julie and Ivy, forcing Annie, the test pilot and scientist who created the alloy suit that Julie is now wearing, to take control of the situation.
There are other strange changes afoot as well. To begin with, Julie's entire body is changing as a result of her wearing the suit, and Ivy, the secret agent, is regressing in age. All of these changes work within the context of the story, and help to build it towards its climax in the next volume, but the revelation that the crazy old guy who has also been chasing Julie may be a figure from the Old Testament rather stretches things too far.
Really, it's a testament to Moore's strong handle on these characters that I'm still so eager to see where this goes, when that particular turn of events hit. Echo is a great comic, but I'm starting to wonder if all these new elements were in Moore's original plan for the story, or if he was driving without a map at this point.
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